Lamp.



F. A. CURTIS.

LAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.6,19os.

Patented Apn, 1909.

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FREDERIC A. CURTIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD WICK AND BURNER CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION.

LAMP.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 447,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIC A. CURTIS,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook vand State I of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps, of which the following, when taken in connection with the drawing accom anying and forming a part hereof, is a ful and complete description,

sulficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use the same.

This invention relates to kerosene lamps using chimneys; and the principal objects of the invention are to obtain a lainp by means of which a large llame and one of great candle power may be produced, reference being had to the size of the wick eniployed.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a lamp the burner whereof is simple in construction, easily cleaned, readily trimmed, and not liable to get out of order.

A further object of the invention is to obtain a lamp the burner whereof is durable, uniform in operation, and economical in construction.

Other objects sought by me are disclosed in this description.

In the drawing referred to, Figure l is a side elevation oi a lamp, with the chimney and oil receptacle removed, embodying' the invention, with the dome of the burner turned back to expose the arts thereunder, which are shown in verticalpsection, to view. F ig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts illustrated in Fig. l, with the dome turned back. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the wick tube guard, and air deflector, which forni essential elements in a device embodying the invention. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the wick tube guard of the device. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a wick tube guard. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a wick tube guard. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a blank from which vthe wick tube guard is obtained; and Fig. 8 is a lan view of a blank from which the air de ector of the device is obtained. 4A reference letter applied to designate a l given part is used to indicate such part 5 throughout the several iigures of the drawing, wherever the same appears.

A is the base of the burner of the device, and a is a foraininated table to base A.

; of which a chimney is held in position on the burner.

D is a wick tube.

E is a wick raising thumb wheel.

l? is an ordinary flat lamp wick. (shown in vertical section in Figs. l and 2), is an additional lamp wick, of the kind known as round lamp wicks. Tick F is drawn through wick G.

H is a washer on wick F, to prevent wick G, or any part thereof, from being drawn into the wick tube D when wick F is raised l by the turning of the thumb wheel E.

I is an air deflector which is placed on the foraininated table a so that some of the air which iiows up through the foraminations in such table will be thereby deliected into the flame from the wick Il, or into the vapor or gas from which the flame is obtained. Air deflector I is illustrated as made from a blank cutout of sheet metal, (see Fig. 8), and is obtained by taking two of such blanks and bending them up on lines i, i", and i to shape them and to join them together. Air deflector I is provided with aperture I for the passage of gas or vapor and air to the llame of the lamp, and the blank is cut away on line I to obtain a V shaped aperture at the ends ol' the air del'lector.

J is a guard interposed between thel wiek tube D, (to which it fits reasonably close) and the air deflector I. Guard J may be made from the blank illustrated in Fig. 7, and of sheet metal.

j, j, j@ are ears on the blank illustrated in Fig. 7 and to obtain such guard it is simply necessary to take two of the blanks and bend up the ears so that the ear j" on one blank will come between the ears j, y', on the other blank, and also to bend such ears so as to come a short distance along the sides of the guard. I'Vhen suoli ears are thus bent the ears j extend outsideot' ears 9,7', at the ends B is a dome, and C, C,.are springs by means of the guard, and the guard, When thus made, is of the right length to come into close contact With the ends ofthe air deiiector l. The ends of delector I are indented, both above and below/.the eaifsy", to hold the 7guard .and the delecti1l closely and firmly together, as one piece, W hen thus made the heat of the deflector I W-illbe conveyed by conduction to the guard J,

j, j are broken lines indicating the lines on which the blanks (illustrated in Fig. 8), are bent up to obtain the Wick tube guard J'.

Jisa recess in the blank Which is made to provide a passage through Krvhich yapor .or gas from the oil receptacle may low,

K is the top edge ofthe Wick tube guard J. cis thetop edge `oi the Wick ,tube The edge K is aboye `the edgelc, and such ,edge K `outgayvayto make'the upper 2end thereof concave. Vthismeans a small generating chamber is obtained ac ljacent to the vvick F, and 'rriore ,of vthe Wick is `ferqi'osed midway betvveenthe edges thereof than is exposed at such edges.

Some of the functions or' the additional Wick are, to supply oil to Wick F, at the upper end of such Wick, in Jlarger quantity than earl b'fe eur-plied by le Single Het -Wleks peralter a Iportion 'of'tlli'e voil in the receptacle has been used. to permit the use `,of ia short Wick F.

i Sonie of the functions yof the .air detlector l guard Iar,e;-t'o deflect into the vapor or gas which :is about to be consumed at 4.a Adetxeifinined point below' Ithe 4,aperture in Q ,the doinefto convey by conduction heat` from t'li'exair `(,letlcctor to the guard and from .the guard' te the with tebes'te ebteie e gee .generating chamber between the Wick andi the guard, above the Wick tube and adjacent tO the Wiet; .te maintain' e deterrllrleflr'elei-l tion between the `airdeiiefctorv the Wick' tribe guard, and to provide ,means to hold b othf'devices in place .on the .Wick tube, by friction.

'll'tollttl'uttlls e lamp with .the eil de- Hector "and the Wick ktube guard arftnged'to ,ferm .eleieerrte ,thereefi 'the Wiejk tetev 'le eet ,erede te lens abete ,the ,tehle e ee -Wlek tebee are generally made, and hence, Where burner to be made over, .or lmade to form .a pant ycfa device embodying this invention,

arnonglother'things to be ,done thewick tube c ut off. VIn a one inch `Wickl tubel there?l may be as much as three eighths of an inch cut off the iupper Lend osiich tube. euttineV the ter et the ,Wielt tube guard' errer es lehewn, that te, eeeeere err the ripper leed thereet, .eerre'lderebly greater area et the trieb ie expeeed hear .the :middle thereof than .ie epleeeel et theetleee, arid greater bedr iS i 'by erteilte .tlieiflemeettlre1eme- By ging the lair .deleeterand Wick tube llame is heated and vaporized and oxygen in suilicient quantity to support combustion is supplied.

To trim the Wick the air delector and the Wick tube guard may be removed and the Wick trimmed squarely across, near to the upper end of the'Wick tube (D), and the air deliector and Vguard then replaced by sliding v .the guard oyer 4the Wick tube. The guard fits to the Wick tube so closely that it is maintained in place by liriction, and the heat thereof is conveyed to the tube by conduction. By arranging the Wick tube lovver than the guard, at the upper ends thereof,

andl obtaining the generating chamber here.- inbefore referred to between the Wick and the guard, the vapor Ior gas presented to the llame o'l' the burner is ina highly heated eerrditerrs eed 'the .eerebrred @etree .et .Steh chamber and oi the air deflector aiidguard Predireee .e tie-ree et eerreider'eble .Size harias' le death 11.1 the Central Dertien .theree Wliietr produces a good light, not easilyA made 4tio Adicker or tremble.

"Having'thee rleeeribefl my .irrt-entree, ,the construction of a device embodying the saine, and the operation thereof, Wliatl claim as new vand desire to secure by Letters Batent re;- l- The eerebieeterr et e base erevided with e terernrleted' table, .e @eme ,eri the bese, Steh (1eme provided with' an aperture for the. llame of the device, and arranged `to form an air delector, van additional deylector provided with an aperture for the 11eme, end a Wek tube seerd, .Wick tr-be, such ,additional air delectoi' ,and guard ierletl together eed ,removably etteelled .to the tube, and ysuch dome yand air ,deflector arranged to lrespectively 'direct into .rame .or at" device@ the er which aies through the foraminated table thereunder, substantially as described.

'2f The combination of a ydome arranged to form an yair delector an'additional ,air defiector'under the dome, and a :.vvick tube guard, such additional air detlector and the 4guard arran ed to 'come into close .contact at the ends t vpereof, and means to .hold them in determined relative position tially as described.

3. Wick tube guardfcoinprising duplicate pieces et .Sheet rretel beet 11i) 'eed ierlietl .tegetheru in eerbllateil With e Vdome arranged te .ferm ,er1 .err defeeter, .er1 .eddtieeel err -detecter arret e Wiek tube Previded with eerreere rie-rer edge, Steh seerd arranged te tit eleeely te ythe tube, with the upper eetl ,of ,the `guard made concave and above'the errer end et the :tube and te fit eleeelifat .the ende .thereof yte the atldtierrel .leeter7 .Substantially as tleeeribed e. The combination of l,a wie tub a Wish @be 3.1 aire-9S.;-

air defieotor, an additional air deeotor, such E and suoh guard and additional air defleotor guard provided With a concave upper edge joined together inadetermined relation; sub- 3Q and arran ed to slide over the tube and to stantialiy as described.

come in c ose Contact therewith, With the g FREDERIC A' CURTS.

: upper edge of the guard above the up e1 edge of the tube, and the guard arrangedP so l In the presence ofthat the ends thereof come in close Contact ERNEST W. BOWLES, with the ends ofthe additional air deeotor, i CHARLES TURNER BROWN. 

